Resources

Here are some of my favorite resources for gourmet ingredients, tools and information. I hope these sites are a helpful resource for you as well.

• A Cooks Tools

  • Fagor Pressure Cookers

    The pressure cookers that I use in my kitchen, a wonderful time-saving tool

  • Sur La Table

    A terrific resource for all things cooking: pots, pan, tools, table linens, cookware, bakeware.

  • Vitamix Blenders

    The gold standard of blenders with high power and capacity.

• Gourmet and Healthy Ingredients

  • Better Body Foods

    Makers of a wonderful agave syrup and expeller-pressed canola oil

  • Coconut Secrets

    Innovators of low glycemic and gluten-free healthy foods

  • D&S Ranches

    A great source for truly raw almonds to make your almond milk

  • Gourmet Country

    A resource for olive oils, vinegars and other gourmet goodies

  • Hopkins AG, Raw California Almonds

    My source for truly raw, unpasteurized California almonds.

  • King Arthur Flour

    Great site for baking supplies and baking ideas, since 1790

  • Market Hall Foods

    A European style market place, on-line, for amazing rice, grains, sauces, pastas, oil, vinegars, and so much more

  • MimicCreme

    A non-dairy, vegan, gluten-free, non-soy nut cream replacement for dairy

  • Mountain Olive Oil Co.

    Fine olive oils and vinegars from boutique producers in Australia, Europe, California and North Africa

  • Penzey's Herbs and Spices

    For many years, my favorite source for dried herbs, spices, herb blends, beautiful vanilla and extracts

  • Rancho Gordo

    New World producer specializing in old fashioned heirloom beans. I can't live without their Cannellinis.

  • Volcano Island Honey

    Rare organic raw white honey produced only on the Big Island of Hawaii.

• Health and Wellness

  • Dr. Karen Wolfe - Wellness from the Inside Out

    Wellness physician, author, nutrition coach, entrepreneur and speaker.

  • Dr. Mark Hyman's site

    Physician, Educator, Health and Wellness Advocate, Best-selling Author

  • The Daniel Plan

    All about getting healthy, living healthy and eating healthy!

• Information

  • Chemical Cuisine at Center for Science in the Public Interest

    Learn about food additives and their safety in our food

  • EWG's Shoppers Guide to Pesticides

    Stay current on what to buy organic: what is safe and what is not

  • Food Safety Basics

  • Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch

    Stay up on what is safe to eat and what you should avoid

  • Pistachios-The Green Nut

    All about the wonderful green nut with lots of recipes and information

  • USDA "Ask Karen" Automated Information Base

    USDA Food Safety Information site and knowledge base

  • What's Cooking America

    Just an amazing site full of cooking information

  • Whole Grains Council